Canadian involvement with the Colt M16 series of rifles began as a result of that country’s Small Arms Replacement Program (SARP), which sought to supplant the FN-FAL-based C1A1 rifles chambered in ...

Here’s What You Need to Rememner: FN has eaten Colt’s lunch over the last few decades in the American market. If the “new” Colt wants to thrive, they need to find a way to innovate and develop new ...

The gun that blazed the trails of the Western frontier was the famous six-shooter made by Colt’s Patent Firearms Mfg. Co. One hundred and twenty-seven years after its founding, Colt is still capable ...

Colt and FN America will compete for each order of a $383 million dollar contract to supply M16A4 assault rifles to Afghanistan, Grenada, Iraq, Lebanon and Nepal, the Pentagon said. The fixed-price ...

WASHINGTON -- For nearly a decade, Colt Defense went without a lobbyist. The legendary gun maker based in West Hartford, Conn., had an exclusive deal to provide combat rifles to the U.S. military and ...

One day before a major deadline in its bankruptcy case, Colt’s Manufacturing Co. learned Tuesday that it was chosen to supply 8,624 advanced-model M16 rifles to the Navy without competitive bidding.

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Vintage military surplus small arms have always been popular among the shooting community. Small ...

Key point: During the Vietnam War, the effectiveness of the M16 was a big source of debate. In Part One of this series, we discussed how the U.S. Army came to dump the M14 battle rifle for the M16 ...